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Dying to Succeed: Q&A with Egyptian Mr. Olympia Competitor and Entrepreneur Mahmood Al Durrah
Business & Economy

Dying to Succeed: Q&A with Egyptian Mr. Olympia Competitor and Entrepreneur Mahmood Al Durrah

Egypt-born Mahmood Al Durrah has been making waves in the fitness industry since he won the Canadian Nationals as a middle weight in 2012. From then,…

Yasmine El Geressi 31 July , 2020
Post-Pandemic Japan Will Attract the World
Culture & Social Affairs

Post-Pandemic Japan Will Attract the World

When the COVID-19 pandemic is over, people will again be on the move, crisscrossing the planet in search of career opportunities, education, and…

Gracia Liu-Farrer 31 July , 2020
The Uighur Tragedy
Politics

The Uighur Tragedy

The Chinese government has reportedly detained more than a million Muslims in more than 85 identified camps since 2017 where they undergoforced re…

Yasmine El Geressi 31 July , 2020
Maryam Rajavi: Iran’s Face of Hope
Culture & Social Affairs

Maryam Rajavi: Iran’s Face of Hope

Maryam Rajavi, leader of The National Council of Resistance of Iran, recently held an influential virtual conference attended by the Iranian diaspora…

Elie Fawaz 31 July , 2020
Who Will be Joe Biden’s Running Mate?
Politics

Who Will be Joe Biden’s Running Mate?

The presumptive Democratic nominee for President, Joe Biden, has run a novel campaign that departs from precedent in several key respects. Perhaps…

Joseph Braude 31 July , 2020
TikTok Says Facebook’s Attacks are ‘Disguised as Patriotism’
Science & Technology

TikTok Says Facebook’s Attacks are ‘Disguised as Patriotism’

TikTok CEO Kevin Mayer on Wednesday defended his company’s practices as it faces increasing pressure from the U.S. government, competitors and…

Wendy Lee 29 July , 2020
Science & Technology

How COVID-19 Has Added to the Problem of Drug-Resistant Antibiotics

As the world grapples with COVID-19, another pandemic has gone mostly unnoticed. Each year, 700,000 people — including as many as 160,000…

Everly Macario 29 July , 2020
China’s Self-Defeating Nationalism
Politics

China’s Self-Defeating Nationalism

In the months since the global COVID-19 pandemic began inWuhan, China’s leaders have turned increasingly nationalistic. They have boasted to both…

Jessica Chen Weiss 24 July , 2020
Congress Must Protect America’s Treaties

Congress Must Protect America’s Treaties

The novel coronavirus pandemic might be the ultimate international problem. It is mobile, indifferent to national borders, and capable of menacing…

Scott R. Anderson and Christopher C. Fonzone 24 July , 2020
Jehan El Sadat: The Egyptian First Lady Who Refused to Remain Out of Sight
Culture & Social Affairs

Jehan El Sadat: The Egyptian First Lady Who Refused to Remain Out of Sight

Early Life Jehan Safwat Raouf was born in Cairo, Egypt on August 29, 1933. Hailing from a upper middle class background, her father…

Al Majalla - London 24 July , 2020
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Grace Russell
Politics

Gulf states should steer clear of attritional war traps

01 April 2026

The US-Israeli war against Iran aims to draw in Gulf states, but history has shown that entering wars is far easier than exiting them. Prudence is needed now more than ever.

Khairuldeen Al Makhzoomi
Palestinian Foreign Minister Varsen Aghabekian Shahin speaks at a press conference in Ljubljana, Slovenia, on 25 August, 2025. Luka Dakskobler / Getty
Politics

'Israel is exploiting Iran war to kill a Palestinian state'

01 April 2026

PA Foreign Minister Varsen Aghabekian Shahin tells Al Majalla that Israel is taking advantage of the fact that the world is distracted by the US-Iran war to create irreversible facts on the ground

Ahmed Maher
Ewan White
Politics

Iraq's internal battle for influence comes to a head

31 March 2026

New fronts have opened up across the region in light of the US-Israeli war on Iran, as non-state actors with links to Tehran fear for their futures

Rustum Mahmud
People gather during a celebration called by Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) at the Umayyad Square, after the ousting of Syria's Bashar al-Assad, in Damascus, Syria, 20 December, 2024. Reuters / Ammar
Business & Economy

US-Iran war gives Syria's global economic pitch more urgency

01 April 2026

Given the effective closure of the Hormuz Strait and Houthi threats to close off the Red Sea, Syria may emerge as a corridor and conduit to bypass these embattled maritime chokepoints

Charles Lister
Farid al-Madhan Reuters/ Al Majalla
Politics

Farid al-Madhan: Assad's fingerprints were on every picture

31 March 2026

A former army forensics employee who later became known as Caesar tells Al Majalla how he risked his life to expose the torture and killing of countless Syrians in regime prisons

Ibrahim Hamidi

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